| | him,her,it, a suffix pronoun following an active transitive verb, usually united to the root by . they, when in the nominative case. in this case it is always followed by the predicate. a sign of theperfect tense, or of action just completed, often used to express a future immediate action. affirmative particle much likeam,are,is, etc. underside. core base of thepan bunch. stick used innetweaving for measuring the meshes. marine animal with thorns. dandruff. gape. four, always followed by a numeral suffix, or by a certain noun as or by certain adjectives as etc,. |
| | it (p.p. object suffix of the 3rd pers. joined to v.t.). It is joined to the root word either directly or by the intermediary of an or an or by redoubling of the preceding consonant or redoubling itself. : pierce it. : you see it. : I made him ashamed. : they killed it. : he let it fall. : they ate it, etc.
.part. sign of v.t. when these have an object in the sing. : I see the ship. : he carries the stick.
.preceding verbs to show an immediate past or future and sometimes to express the result of an action or a state attained. : hehas gone. : I am happy. : we are about to go.
.they.
.root of the num. adj. meaningfour (4), the suff. being either a kind as for example, ; or a simple noun. . or again the num. adj. indicating tens, hundreds, thousands, millions: (40),
.asea urchin with poisonous spikes.
.theheart orcore of certain fruit. : core of breadfruit. : core of pandanus.
.a kind offlour, , made from the pandanus fruit and mixed with the core of the fruit as well as the pulp. .
.a food prepared from a mixture of the core of pandanus fruit and syrup of toddy. (the core is cooked, minced, dried in the sun and ground beforehand.).
.a small woodentool used to shape the mesh in making fishing nets.
.dandruff,desquamation. apeeling,scaling off.
.yawn. to yawn. : a sleepy yawn. : he is yawning, beginning to yawn, he is notinterested.
.: theunderneath, thebottom, thebase, thegroundwork , thefoundation. : Peter is the foundation of the church. : sea bottom favourable for shark fishing. : dark sea bottom. : clear sea bottom. : to put aprop against, tosupport. : the act of supporting, being supported. fig. : to besubject,yield,submit. : woman must be subject to man. fig. :hiddenmeaning of a word. fig. :distantrelatives, distant relative. etc. :near relatives or relative. etc.. dim. joined to certain words. :slightly sweet. : slightly warm. :beneath ,under. : the cat eats under the table. |
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| | four, in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timbers, fingers, teeth, cocoanut-leaf stems, large fish, as sharks and . |
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| | country,land,earth,world,property. people, thecrowd,they. : they are going. : a distant country. : akingdom. : land inherited or land of a family. : land given or received as a gift. : land given or received in compensation for a murder. : land captured in war. : land given or received on account of a certain ancient custom (a woman putting a wreath of flowers around the neck of an uncle (distant) of her husband during a public assembly). : land given or received in gratitude for assistance. : land or place where a person found sanctuary or refuge from an enemy. ,, etc. : flourishing land. : reward for nursing. : for adoption.
.four (for countingleaves). |
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| | an island of the group situated in the north, discovered by Gilbert and Marshall, 20th June, 1788. |
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| | great,large,much. used without the pronoun prefix in a statement in which is the predicate. |
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| | halfcaste, European or Chinese (mixed race) . : half European. : half Chinese. |
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| | land extending under the water. : good fishing ground.
.idem.mythical submerged shoal, path of departed soul to land of the dead, after leaving refuge of . |
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| | Canton Is. an island of the Phoenix Group, formerly used as an air base on Trans-Pacific route. discovered by Barney in 1823-24. |
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| | steepcliff,sloping country, far to the south, land of and , ancient ancestors. (: Southern Cross; : a star.). |
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| | ? what country?unknown country. : astranger whose country is unknown, who excites curiosity. |
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| | place ofsojourn,refuge.
name of small island in Abemama. myth. place where body stays when soul leaves for land of the dead. |
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| | to use asbait, to choose a certain bait. |
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| | Hopper Island, situated in the centre of the Gilbert Group. Discovered in 1788 by Gilbert and Marshall. |
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| | verylight, used only in the negative and in fig. sense. : a man of low birth or lowclass. : a nobody. |
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| | toprepare either in thought, word, or action, to make achoice, to make aplan to ..., tofinalize a project. : the teacher prepares his lessons. : he prepares for a trip. |
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| | cord used formerly by dance composers, tied to end of stick and turned in the air to get inspirations, imitating fishing with a rod. magicrite performed at dawn on the east side of the island; .
.fish line. : fishingrod. |
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| | probability,likelihood, from certain signs. : probability of death. :presentiment of war. : if there was a probability of his coming. () to have a presentiment,foresee a probability. . : there is a fear, a likelihood of war. |
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| | to take byhandfuls. : a handful, two handfuls, etc. |
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| | who,which,whom,that. : the child who runs te aomata ae I noria: the man whom I see. pl. . particle ligative aux. joining either a noun to a noun, or a noun to an adj. or an adverb, or a noun to a prepositional or adverbial phrase. : a brass screw. : a small child. : the dog which is here. ,,,.
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.! here,behold! look here! termination of songs of . Probably same meaning as preceding .
.driftwood, anything thrown up on the beach by the sea, such as shells, coconuts, wood, etc.
.: timber, fruit or other things tied together andtowed in the sea. : raft of coconuts. : raft of timber. |
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| | totow ordrag a raft of timber, fruit or other things. (used more frequently than ). .
.tosaw,split ordivide lengthwise. . . |
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| | frequentative ofcrawl to. |
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| | lay or place thehand upon a person.
dress up. |
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| | dem.this, this one. : this thing. (contr. of ): this woman or female. (contr. of ): this man or this male. : those. is used for what is near in time or space. ,. here. : here, here it is. |
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| | . kind,species, etc. : this is a queer fellow, special variety , curious kind. |
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| | (probably). affirmation, mitigated, with mental reservation); sign of consent, ironical or uninterested. |
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| | interrogative v. : what are you doing? : what about what I am doing? : why is John singing? |
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| | form of : togo towards the shore or land. . . : tocarry orbring or pull towards the shore. : theyclimbed the mountain. |
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| | comb of a cock or bird, or of certain shell fish. to make the comb vibrate, sing. : cock crow. : make cockcrow. |
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| | tofill a native baking oven with wood for cooking. |
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| | for counting certain categories; ex.matches,bottles, pieces ofwood, bigfish,tools, long objects; : one, two, three, etc.<(N.) -- tg>.
.word accentuating the exclamation tone of a phrase. :nonsense!, you are telling alie! : it is I! sometimes it gives the exclamatory tone to the phrase. : it is now three months ago.
.as, thesame as, inlike manner. : as I. : he speaks like a man. :how beautiful! :well!, it's you!
.word preceding names of relatives to modify the meaning. : myuncle (the same as my father). : myaunt. : mycousins.
.to some words having the meaning ofreciprocity. , etc. hitone another, look ateach.
.to certain words to signifysuddenness,rapidity. etc.
.joined to tr. verbs to show the 1st pers. of the pers. pron. objective case sing. : he respectsme. : help me.
.theace (in cards).
.thefire. fervour,passion,ardour. : stir up your fire. : ardour, fervour,zeal. : add firewood to fire.
.to give its fire, get red,glow. .
.toheap up,accumulate,build. : to make afish trap of stones like a wall; ai-ngao: make anest. . . .
.of . todrag,pull,withdraw. : drag coconuts. : drag coconut leaves. : pull the anchor. : pull at the sail rope. ai-okaoka: fish for the . . .
.of . oceancurrent (used only in compound words). : the current is going east, west, north, south. : the current flows from the land. : favourable current. : unfavourable current. : wait for the current to turn east, west. : wait for a favourable current.
.four. root + suffix..
.coconut crabb (edible),. Birgus latro.
.a big axe.
.part of the line used in the game which is held in the hand to make it turn. : turn a string around this part.
.glimmer,light,spark,radiance,illumination. toglimmer, toilluminate, tosparkle, toshine. : the east isaglow. : the moon is shining. |
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| | their. : their words. : theirreputation, what is said about them. : their manner of acting. the is lengthened when this adj. is used as suff.
.enemy,opponent,rival; , etc.: my enemy, your..., his..., etc.
.firewood,fuel. , etc.: my fuel, your ..., his... :woodhouse. : chopping of firewood.
.all right,certainly,OK., word giving consent.
.toswing andturn orwhirl (as axe). |
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| | ribs orframework of canoe or boat. group of stars (they form a v like the pair of canoe ribs),Aldebaran, principal star of head of Taurus. |
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| | frequentative ofhaul in as a line. |
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| | confusion of noises, like rippling or splashing of waves, scramble of quarrelling people,commotion of a flock of birds over their prey. . . |
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| | frequentative of. frequentative of. |
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| | : a femalespirit orogress of the northern horizon, hostile for pregnant women and their babies. She can be pacified by three days of feasting at birth. |
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| | contrary or unfavourablecurrent. : to cause a.... |
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| | glow of the sky at dawn or sunset (is also said of the moon). . |
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| | coconut at a certain stage of ripeness (the kernel is hard but the water is still good to drink). e tai aieta: the coconut is . wait till it is . |
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| | tomisplace (either by mistake or injustice or in view of a new arrangement). : my pencil is no longer where I put it. . . |
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| | (pl. of )who,whom, of whom,that,which. : thethings which. is used when speaking of objects near in time or spac. . |
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| | expr. (gives negative sense to verbs). : they will certainly not come. : it won't start off. |
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| | : astar.
:companion -- used for stars rising at the same time. : companion of Pleiades. : companion of Antares. |
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| | fire for baking or broiling, well kindled and burningbrightly. |
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| | distant object, visible only at times as an island appearing and disappearing as the waves rise and fall. |
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| | squeaking of the branches of a tree in the wind, caused by too close proximity to one another. . |
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| | ocean side of coral islands (opposite side to lagoon, generally the east side). : on theeast side. . |
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| | flowingslowly (as oil, molasses) in thin streams or threads. : to make flow slowly. |
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| | tofish for flying fish with rod and line. |
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| | oceancurrent. : there is a current. : to cause or make a current. |
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| | favourablecurrent. : to cause a good current. |
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| | or . submerged,covered,overflowing. : the rice is slightly covered with water. : a sandbank nearly covered by sea. : the sun is going up towards thezenith. : the sun has passed the zenith. |
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| | toface,vis a vis, to beopposite. : they face each other for the combat. :accord, tosuit, tomatch, tofit,proportioned. :unsuitable, notmatching,disproportioned, nsuitable, to comeunseasonably,ill luck. : to putfacedtowards. . .face to face with ... beopposed to... tosuit each other. ,...
..season march-september. |
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| | : brother. thanks, thanks for a courtesy (an antique word, little used). |
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| | ice. .
. (when followed by an object in the pl.). : topull. |
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| | to be, as it were, thepartner of... .
.a species oftree growing in marshy land (hard, red wood). Lumnitzera littorea. |
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| | , etc.:sensitive of, orimpressed by an act of kindness. used only after .
.four (for counting trees, pieces of land, fish hooks, etc.). |
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| | care,choice, art of doing well,well done,carefully done, needing care and attention. : is it veryimportant? (used mostly in negative -- ). :reckless, devil-may-care way of doing things, without taste or art,carelessness,negligence. : you arenegligent. : we have nopreference, we don'tmind. : toprefer, tochoose. : totreat..., do carelessly,anyhow. : not done carefully,tastefully. |
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| | dem. pl. of .those. : those people are going fishing. : these are good, those are bad. . |
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| | large extent ofbeach. (But.). |
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| | fishing (general term). : thefisherman. : fishermen. : fishingtackle. : canoe used in fishing, fishing canoe. to fish, toangle, fish for. r. : send to fish, to make... |
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| | . who,whom,that,which. of . followed by .
.tocard, tocomb, tocut to pieces, tohackle, tostrip. . : totake offthorns or fishbones, tostrip off, todisentangle, toseparate, totease orcomb. akea te benu:tease the (fibre). : torid the fish of bones. :comb the hair.
.ark . : Noah's Ark. : the ark of salvation. |
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| | nothingness,absence,inexistence,emptiness,nothing,naught. : don't speak of the inexistence of God. : nothingness,want of, absence of. a. not being, not having,empty, etc. : isthere any? there is none. : he isabsent from home. : it is empty, there is nothing in it. :without, in the absence of...not. : todeny the existence of..., todisown, to count as naught, torenounce, todeprecate, etc. :renouncement,abjuration.
.exclamation to show surprise. : oh!dear me!what an affair!
.adv.nothing so...,. : nothing so astonishing. : nothing at all. :lo! andbehold! : here he comes. : nothing to eat. |
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| | to callattention and give thesignal to start the . the vowel e is more or less lengthened at the will of the speaker and the syllable is brief and on a higher tone. |
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| | those. of . : those womenthere. : there they are over there! ,. |
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| | not. I aki kona: I cannot. (in Butaritari they say .). sometimes follows a verb to lessen its meaning (nearly, alittle,slightly,superficially). : it was only slightly touched. : he is a little deaf. in an answer the verb is not always repeated. : are you sick? without. : he works without being tired. . : tothrow away, to take away, to putaside, toremove, etc. . placed before a verb or a noun helps to form the opposite of that verb or noun. : power; te aki kona:powerlessness. : eating; te aki amarake:fasting, not eating. to v.t. it forms the passive voice. : to be killed. |
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| | careful,sparing,attentive,delicate,tender. . this word is very much used in the negative. :heedless,careless,naughty,ill natured,mischievous,wicked,brutal,coarse,rude,uncouth, etc. :care,attention,delicacy,discretion, etc. :negligence,carelessness,wickedness. |
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| | four (used for counting baskets, songs). |
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| | hammer. . : to take possession of a hammer, to hammer something with. : tohit with a hammer. |
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| | and. coconut nearly ripe (kernel nearly hard, water is acid). : to let become, to wait till it becomes . |
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| | four (for counting living things). |
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| | food,eatables,meals,victuals. :breakfast. : mid-daymeal,lunch. : evening meal,dinner. :supper. : royalfeast or food for royalty. toeat, take food, take meals. : to eat well, eat enough. : not enough to eat. ka-amarakea: tofeed, makeabsorb,manure a plant, put awedge in an axe, hammer, etc. |
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| | your. of . when used as a suff. to nouns the root is omitted. : your laugh. |
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| | stick used for carrying load on shoulder,yoke. this way of transporting. |
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| | coconut a little riper than , nearly . |
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| | afish . When fully grown this fish is called . species, (). Gerres specialis. |
| | Gerres arbyrus. (k). large one (ll).
. (k). Gerres oblongus. big one (ll). |
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| | carrying on an a heavy load. |
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| | carry on an a heavy load. |
| | or else from. tocarry a heavyburden with the (stick). . |
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| | tocarry a double load balanced on the shoulder with the . : a narrowcloud across the moon (sign of plentiful fishing). |
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| | .under,beneath,bottom,foundation. ...: under the...,underneath. : a stay at home,domestic,misanthrope. : kind ofbait made of pearl shell. . :oil made from coconut scraped and dried in the sun.
.. tosupport, tosustain, touphold. to give one's support to..., for...
, ani.go on! word used before verbs in the imperative, 2nd pers. to mark insistence, encouragement, excitement. : get away!begone! : do tell me. |
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| | his,her ( when employed as a suff.).<its>.
.term used in mat weaving to designate a certain width. etc.: one, two, etc.
.afish, (small, slender species)needle fish,garfish,half beak; species -- .
.totake, tosubtract, totake away, toremove, to take off. :persuade,convince te anai nano: the act ofpersuading. : askpermission. anaia!:continue! (conversation). te ana, anan, anakin: te action of taking, of taking up... of being taken up. : (in dance singing) the singing is not good, or badly commenced. |
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| | afeast on the occasion of breaking off an engagement or marriage. |
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| | desire so much as to seek ways and means for obtaining. |
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| | (k). Ablennes hians (ll). garfish (sm). |
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| | hewho,she who,thatwhich. . used for mid-distance.
.a smallfish (found in shoals).
.coral. : branched coral which holds the floats on nets. :branched coral which encroaches on or spreads.
.indicating an impending happening. : you are surely going to fall. |
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| | abait thrown on the water toattract fish. : tolure with... . v.t. . : to attract, to lure with a bait. . |
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| | totreat with care. used most in negative. . |
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| | mast. : having two masts. : to put up, to take down, to incline the mast. |
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| | one who is outside... astranger to... : aforeign country : one who is outside oraloof from a certain group (family, clan, village, island, company, land, etc.). : but in a more limited sense. you don't get it, you don't understand at all. : that's not it at all, far from it, it is altogether different from... |
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| | song,hymn. : the song which I composed or sung. : the song composed about me. : thesinger. : to sing of...celebrate. : to make sing. |
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| | eight (when counting by twos).
.aplant,Broyophyllum pinnatun, life plant.
.ashell,Cypraccassis.
.: toheat oneself at the fire. to heat at fire. : theywarm their hands at the fire. : warm myself, yourself, etc.
.wind,breeze,air,gas,breath,climate,atmosphere,. direction -- :north,...south...west...east windquality of -- . . : it iswindy, the wind blows. : wait for the... let the windblow. fervour,ardour,zeal,activity,courage,effort,energy. : ardour, courage. : the first effort. : it isanimated, withspirit. : deathagony. . : that isenough!,peace. : tobegin, tocommence, toundertake, to make a firsteffort. :undertaken,attempted.
.... themass of, a great number of...,most of<majority -- gwg>. . |
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| | towarm, to warm oneself at the fire. : they are warming their hands.
.abivalveshell, a species of ,taro.
.shoulder. : on the shoulder. : extremity of shoulder. : back of shoulder. : right shoulder, or side, theright. : left shoulder, or side, theleft. :measure from fingers to shoulder.
.way,manner,method,means,knack,procedure. : the means was not found. ,,.
.four thousandd.
.: togive,..., give to,...offer,...dispense,attribute. donation,offering. : thegiver. : to give,hand to,present. : he gave me. : give a donation, apresent. : give one'sword,promise. : heattributes theerror to me. |
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| | toturn the back on. : to present the back or tail to. : to put head to tail (as in a game like leap frog). (for fish, etc.). |
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| | flying a little to oneside as a kite. |
| | badly built, badly balanced (as kite or canoe). |
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| | liable to be killed, as one belonging to a defeated tribe. |
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| | contrarywind. toroam around a place for secret reason waiting an occasion to accomplish it.
:Goddess invoked to make deviate and lead astray a rival canoe. |
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| | changeablewind, change force and direction quickly in sheltered places. : to cause to... |
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| | coming inpuffs from various quarters, as thewind. |
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| | atree (obtusifolis); roots are used for perfume, branches for fishing rods (). Premna Tahitensis. |
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| | cleanse the innerear with a small object. |
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| | autensil for bailing out canoe,skeet (naut.). tobail out.
.a lagoonfish (12 cm long) fished by scoop net. |
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| | a species oftaro () of rapid growth but very mediocre as food (compared with ).
.about tostir,noise,rumours about to become known. |
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| | dryland (opposite of sea). word used in Butaritari and Makin but elsewhere only in the exceptions of and . : togo ahore. : to keep near the shore (sailing). : to go by way of land. : go by canoe.
.membrane surrounding thefoetus. not the placenta (). : painfullabour, difficultbirth. : a kind ofsorcery to bring back unfaithful partner, using something belonging to the child. |
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| | : notknowing what name to give to indistinct form, half dark. |
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| | that (after the verb). . . : that man. : that woman. : that thing. there (not very very far). : where is the dog? there! (not far). |
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| | : under the coconut trees). 1.shade of coconut trees. 2. : a. stringybark taken from inside midrib of coconut leaf. |
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| | small hollowball made from pandanus or coconut leaves, used to play. : big ball, hard, covered with string, used to play . tennis balls and footballs are called (ball). |
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| | a kind ofknot made with loop or buckle, atrail on water (a long shining trail as of oil). : make a knot with loop of this kind. |
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| | place where souls suffer (see Grimble). |
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| | who? (for pers.). : who spoke? : who else (and who). for things. in Makin and Butaritari is said. |
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| | whose. nouns taking the suffix pronoun are inserted between and . |
| | )whose? towhom does this belong? , (euph.). : whose hat is this? |
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| | God,spirit,ghost,phantom,spectre,demon,devil. : human hero become god, spirit. stone of the oridol. : sudden pain of unknown cause. : tocurse, to curse by the , to give up to the anger of the . : to meet the.... ,: fugitive,transient,unreal,invisible, notdeveloped. : the moon does not appear (is invisible). : the egg isfresh. : the egg isfertile. : the moon is again visible. wild,savage (hard to see or take, takes flight at the approach of humans,timid,unsociable). : a wild fowl. : he is nottame, he istimid. : a wild cat or wild beast. : it issavage. : a wild dog, wolf orferocious animal. : to consider as sagave. handy,clever,skilful like the . |
| | Cenchrus echinatus L. (z). |
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| | to have, to take for one's , one's personalgod. |
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| | . tohold, to keep back, toretard by whimpering, crying. refuse to be separated from someone, hang on to someone. |
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| | haunted, frequented by , full of devils. . |
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| | a species oftaro (dark leaves of slow growth). |
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| | . replica of... thesame aspect, the same shape, figure,mysterious aspect.
.toindicate in hidden terms, toprefigure. : to make, to give, to prefigure. ...veiled form,blurred, air,aspect,trace ofresemblance. : described in veiled terms,prefigured,insinuated.
.unintelligent,stupid,foolish. meaning less strong than . ,. |
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| | whitewood (imported in early days by traders in Gilbert Islands). aperfume (also imported formerly). |
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| | and,with (takes the place of our commas in enumerations, stories), (idiom). so what? well? what more?
.the upper part of, thesurface, theoutside, theback, theexterior. : . . .on,externallyupon,over. :off,away from. :outside, on the exterior. to certain words to indicate the outside, thetop, theupper side, etc. ,,, etc.
.:fibre of coconut husk,fishline,twine. : topole a canoe. : :pole used for pushing. :push by poling. . : tosteer askew, to steer badly. .
.by onomatopoeia.moan,sigh,regret. : tosigh, tomoan, tolament. : to moan over, to regret, to cry over. |
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| | hour (also ) . : how many hours? : what time?
.to set apart in advance a small portion of food in cooking to see if it is cooked or not. |
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| | feminine looking,gentle. a certain tender part on the underneath part of fish. is said of a canoe of which the hull inclines outward, because the bulging side facing the outrigger is too pronouced. : to give this form to. |
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| | topole a canoe or other embarcation. . |
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| | beach above the high water line. |
| | top ofbeach, which highest tides do not reach. : along thewest coast. : along theeast coast. . |
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| | weather side, or that side of acanoe which is nearest to the outrigger. |
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| | disarmm a person carrying a knife. |
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| | todampen, tosoften, tomoisten (as grated coconut in water). liquid used to moisten (only used with this meaning). content,happy,satisfied. : to appear happy, to look happy (a very nice ancient word).
.. used only in the negative as a supplication or introduction. don't think me unreasonable, don't have a grudge against me,excuse me! : adisagreeable,repulsive,unpleasant type who won't listen to any explanation or proposition. : havingdisdainful,sly,mocking,ironical appearance orair. : this appearance. |
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| | back part of fish, flesh off the back (), form of canoe which leans towards side (outside hull more curved). This gives maximum speed when is above water. . |
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| | . notcooked on top. : smell of badly cooked fish.
..man,human,native, a man (particularly a native of the Pacific). :men,people, thepublic,humanity. :customs,habits,manners,ways of natives. :vernacular. evolved,developed (as a hatched egg). visible,real. how real looking! developed,ripe,mature in all its form. : my idea is not yet fully developed. : his work can be verified. : the moon is already formed (full). : to put onairs, to try to be important. : to wait for development, realization, verification of... to let take form, toexecute. : wait and see if the news is true. : theexecutor. |
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| | to take someone for one's man, to make... |
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| | . to put on, over and above, to get thebetter of, tosurpass, toovercome an obstacle, a difficulty, tolengthen a cord, toextend the time for..., toomit, topass over, toskip a word, toexcuse, not take notice of a mistake. . . |
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| | tocarry on theshoulder. : to carry, put on shoulder. : cover your shoulders. |
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| | wetland, land having water beneath near the surface. wet, as land. |
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| | afish. this fish is of the family. species -- . : to fish for .
.condiment,seasoning,sauce, assorted mixture. : tomix two dishes. : to mix with something, e.g. rice and grated coconut. . |
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| | idiomatic :sothat, inorder that. : call him so that he may eat. |
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| | carry on thearm, carry inarmfuls, carrying in this way. to carry on the arm. givehelp,sustain, take care of (especially in family affairs, charity). |
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| | todominate, tousurp, tomonopolize, toprevail, toovercome. : totriumph over, usurp, toseize, to becomemaster of, tosupplant, tooppress, tosubdue, to overcome. :usurper. : he overcame me (justice or extortion). |
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| | high in the sky, higher than birds fly. |
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| | a group ofislands having same characteristics. : the Gilbert Group. :White man'sland. |
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| | very wideshelf orloft encircling the interior of ahouse [ a loft, an elevated platform in a ]. |
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| | theflats [ the flat reef from the beach to the breakers, a shoal]. |
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| | to have orcatch a sickness. |
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| | v. : I am doingnothing, you ..., etc. (idiom). : I am taking thingseasy,leave me alone! : don't get disturbed, we will leave you alone! : it doesn'tmatter what hethey do. : it doesn't matter, leave it alone. :ordinary,unimportant pers. : an ordinarycommon affair. |
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| | osprey [large hawk, fish hawk] . |
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| | a variety of largeshark (k,ll). |
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| | pandanus fruit. this dictionary contains 170 such, botanists list only 80.. |
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| | middlerafter (in canoe or ), always an uneven number. |
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| | . toname, to give a name to ... |
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| | . Henderville Is. in centre of Gilbert Group, discovered by Gilbert and Marshall, 18th June, 1788. |
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| | species ofshark with large hind quarters, difficult to catch. |
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| | 1. togo up a slope or straight line (trees, mountains). ascent,ascension. . :ladder,stairs. : to makeascend. 2. to go towards the land (canoe). To do this one has to sail close to the wind, tohaul towindward. : to go up a steep slope, stairs, a tree, a mountain or ladder. : 1. to make ascend.2. tosteer a canoe towards land or to windward. ,,. |
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| | a large redfish (taken 60 fathoms down). |
| | large redfish caught when fishing at about 60 fathoms (ll). |
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| | agame with song and action. Players stand in circle with hands extended (the one whose actions do not correspond to last syllable is out). |
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| | small, angryshark, liable to attack canoe when hooked (ll). |
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| | productivity, abundantharvest,sufficientfood.
.fig. forproductive pers. goodprovider,worker,fruitful worker. : you are doing well, good business. : this woman is amediocre worker. : 1. toserve, to give more to. 2. toesteem as good worker. : insmall number of quantity (pers. things),rare.
.,. :sufficientfood, in sufficient quantity,enough for each guest. : not enough. : in mediocre quantity,insufficient. |
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| | name of mythologicalspirit of Creation; : the Ancient, Creator of all things. called : the Great Spirit. : the Young. called : theSmall, thedeformed:. : theSeeker.
.: aspider, acobweb. : big reddishspider. : spider'sweb. : covered withcobwebs. veiled, notclear, for ex. the eyes. : he works expertly as a spider making a web. : spider's web.
.quick and welldone. : no sooner said than done. |
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| | alpaca [s.a. wool bearing animal] . |
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| | that. : that man (used in what is distant in time and space),. and. there, over there. : look, there it is! : I will come after tomorrow or later, also yesterday or days before.
.heedlessness. inattentive,careless,giddy. : to be or appear and show oneself heedless, giddy,madcap. |
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| | 1. magicgarland hung on after use. 2. name of centrallath orbeam of building. |
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| | . totie with a loop knot. |
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| | Psalm (Prot.); (Taramo: Cath.). . |
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| | spathe (of coconut). : theend orextremity of spathe. : flowers of spathe. :beloved. : abarren orunfruitful spathe. : the coconut tree is in flower or the spathe is coming out. : to wait till the spathe is grown enough to get toddy from it.
.gall, gallbladder. bitter. bitterness.
.. eyebrows. : magicalrite for initiation of warrior (dances and the rest). It was done in circle around fire amid smoke hence the name : burning of eyebrows. : tomeasure, tocompare. ,. n.v. . |
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| | v.t. . toinhale a smoky inhalation. |
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| | a deadcalm. : absolute calm. : it is calm, very calm. : to wait for a calm, smooth sea. : calm. |
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| | Macropharyngodon meleagris (y). wrasse (sm).
.Thalassoma lunare (y). wrasse (sm).
.Thalassoma melanochir (y). wrasse (sm).
.Thalassoma quinquevittatum (y). wrasse (sm). |
| | Macropharyngodon geoffroyi. wrass. Macropharyngodon pardalis. Thalassoma hardwicki. Thalassoma lunare. Thalassoma melanochir. Thalassoma quinquevittatum. |
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| | family Labridae (ll). wrasse (sm). |
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| | Macropharyngodon geoffroyi (ll). wrasse (sm).
.Macropharyngodon pardalis (ll). wrasse (sm).
.Thalassoma hardwicki (ll). wrasse (sm).
.Thalassoma melanchir (ll). wrasse (sm).
.Thalassoma quinquivettum (ll). wrasse (sm). |
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| | coconut orbud which fails to set or mature. fail to develop a fruitful as acoconut tree. |
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| | tohoist the sail, stretching it well. |
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| | nature,form,sex,manner,habit,style,situation,religion,condition,character,complexion ,behaviour. : Divine nature. : human nature. : male sex,masculine. : the Jewish religion, religion of Jews. : the form of Government. : our way or manner or habits. : do as onepleases. : get on in business,selfinterest, seeking self interest. :as, thesame as, also .
.root of several compound words. |
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| | serf,servant,slave. just simply . . : used as a hand. both and are offensive, insulting words. |
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| | snuff up when receiving an odor. perceivee>ing or perception of an odor. |
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| | aloes [lilaceous plant] . |
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| | plant, cultivated plants. |
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| | youngpan tree without branches. |
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| | 1. kind ofcactus (imported). 2. thefibre of this cactus. 3. thetwine made of this fibre. |
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| | Patterson Is. discovered in 1809. in extreme south of the Gilbert Group. |
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| | tolie at full length. :stretch yourself on the mat. |
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| | skull (of dead),head detached from body (insult if used about a pers. living). :temple (anat.). widely used in proper nouns meaningchief. , etc.
.rope which connects mast head with outrigger. te ata n nanoa: rope attached to middle of . : the one tied to the outrigger.
.width, of land, material, mat, house, etc. (for smaller dimensions the word is used, it is the general term for all dimensions). ,large. : to make large, toenlarge.
.. toweave, tointerlace, toplait, to weave mats, baskets, leaves of coconut or pandanus. : to weave coarse coconut mats. : to makethatch of coconut leaves. : to weave baskets of different leaves. : to weave baskets of coconut leaves (coarse). ,.
.: toknow, to beaware of, tounderstand. :knowledge,science,experience. |
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| | kind ofsummons orcall (S.). (N.) (B.) you fellows! you people! |
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| | tocover... with gravel or shingle. |
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| | gunwale. . : to place side by side,juxtapose. :liaison,friendship,united by moral bonds, mutualattraction, similar tastes, age, character, understanding, agreement. : bejoined by... :join ortie together, for ex. two canoes adrift, two screens, , etc. : things or persons bound or united, physically or morally. |
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| | going upwards as seen from the bottom (fish, etc.). : to come up towards bait. |
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| | too muchfreedom infeedingguests with the householder's food. tooforward, or too much at home, as one feeding guests in the absence of the householder. |
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| | ass. .
.theheart (cards) .
.afish. names given to this fish at different stages -- . Pelamis bonito.
.seed,pips of fruit (orange, lemon, etc.). :sandy,gritty,granular, full of grains or hard things.
.trunk,chest,box,heart,cage. : moneysafe. : Ark of the Covenant. :Tabernacle. : moneybox. :Heart of Jesus,Sacred Heart.
.block of coral,rock,stone,islet. : tocall at an island, to put into port. : to go from one island to another, to visit one after another. .
.root of a number of compound words, names of stones. : specialfire resistingstones used in fires for baking. : special stones for cooking . :concave coral stones; ().
.n.a.............. paroxysm,ardour. : in theheat of the fight... the dance is in full swing.
.meaninglarge,much. |
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| | a certainstone used asfile,plane. .
.to put stones on fire in earth oven. |
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| | . anchorstone, fishing, product of fishing, fish taken at one anchorage. |
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| | a species ofcoral which breaks up easily. |
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| | general name for allstones, more expecially for medium-sized stones and biggravel.
.a species oftunnyfish. . |
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| | name of one of the first created beings.<myth>. |
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| | a brownstone colour of octopus (). |
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| | soft easily brokenstone. : to use soft stones easily broken in construction. |
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| | a species oftaro, very prevalent, rapid growth (long narrow leaves). |
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| | coralstone of recent formation (living stone). |
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| | isolatedblock ofcoral (less extended than ). This compound word is supposed to come from the cry of warning given by the watchman of the prow to the helmsman -- |
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| | small submergedrocks. abounding in... |
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| | small submergedrock. abounding in... |
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| | oilbottle, formerly oil was kept in a , nowadays it is kept in bottles. |
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| | central part ofthorax, from over the heart and lower part of lungs.heart. . |
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| | flatstone used in a heathenrite for the purpose of giving strength and courage. abounding instones. |
| | flatstone on which young men were seated in order to be submitted to the trial by fire in initiation for courage. |
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| | 1. a flatstone used as table on which were placed items ofsorcery, gifts, necklaces, etc.; also used for hiding such things when leaving. 2. head oftaro cut off to be replanted. |
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| | bone of theskull under eyebrows, upper limit of eye socket. |
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| | rocks where the fish called lodge. |
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| | stone which the octopus puts at the entrance of its den as protection. |
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| | Porites (coelenterate). smooth stonycoral. |
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| | firestone, giving out sparks. contraction of. |
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| | loftycoralrock beneath the surface of the water. |
| | stone standing up, sticking out of water. |
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| | pour out through a small aperture. |
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| | 1. tocover orthatch a house with . 2. tostop a hole in a canoe with fish liver. 3. to perform a certain magicrite on wounded man so that the wounds will heal quickly (ancient custom). |
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| | . topronounce, tosay, toutter, toarticulate, torecite, toname, tomention, toproclaim, toannounce, todeclare, topraise, toqualify as... : name them, say their names. :renowned,famous,eminent, distinguished. |
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| | head,chief. principal,ringleader,first,capital, prime cause,heading,title,division of classes, group, etc. : topreside, todirect, to put oneself at the head of..., to look on as head of...
.abundle,sheaf. : to put in bundles or sheaves. |
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| | afish (). abounding in... |
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| | (absorbing head), agood natured pers. who accepts all kinds ofinsults without retort, mere rag of a man to be treated without consideration or respect. |
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| | havinghair very slightlycurled. person with very slightly curling hair. |
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| | wide, strongpan leaf. wide and strong as a certainpan leaf. |
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| | thick end of coconut leaf (end joined to trunk). |
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| | fish.
abounding in fish. having committed manymurders. |
| | Aetobatis narinari (myliobatidae). eagleray. |
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| | my,mine. : my thing. : my hand.
.something used forcaulking (pandanus leaves, cotton, etc.). tocaulk, to makewatertight. .
.. toextract, topull out of a cavity from under or within, to pull cord out of hole in canoe making. : to get eels out of holes in rocks. : act ofextracting... fishing under rocks. : ironhook used for fishing eels. : to pull out, towithdraw from, to extract.
.used to indicate sun's position north or south of equator. .
.suff. past part. of. .
.todrift away, to beadrift,carried away (either because of wind or current). .
.slow,dawdling. todawdle, todilly-dally, tostraggle, tolag, tolanguish, todroop. or suff. to several words. |
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| | (k). Crenimugil crenilabis (ll). mullet (sm).
.Mugil spp. (hh). mullet (sm).
.Mugil sp. (cc). poisonousmullet (cc,sm).
.family Mugilidae. mullet (sm). |
| | Mugil cephalus. mullet. Mugil engeli (& auamaran). Mugil viagiensis (& auataba). |
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| | a longspear (over 4 yards). diff. from . |
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| | familyMugilidae (ll). big ones;mullet (sm). |
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| | Mugil engeli (ll). mullet (sm). |
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| | smallfish, moves in great shoals (edible). |
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| | family Mugilidae (ll). medium sized ones;mullet (ll,sm). |
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| | Mugil vaigiensis (ll). mullet (sm). |
| | Mugil vaigiensis (& ava). mullet. |
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| | frequentative ofextract, as the kernel from a coconut shell bottle. |
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| | surprise,trouble. dumbfounded,scared,frightened,perplexed. :bold,daring,impudent,audacious. : tobrag, to try tofrighten. :awe-inspiring,majestic. : toscare, tofrighten, tointimidate, tothreaten. |
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| | Tridacoconuta. large (killer)bivalve. |
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| | SummerSolstice. (March to Sept.). : the sun is coming back from the south to pass to the north. |
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| | WinterSolstice (Sept. to March). : the sun is moving from north to pass to south. When (Antares) begins to appear above the horizon at 6 p.m. the good season () commences. Trade winds and currents flow from east. When (Pleides) begins to appear above the horizon at 6 p.m. the bad season starts (). Irregular currents,westerly winds.
.a species ofshark (rare). |
| | a rareshark which may be taken when fishing for castor oil fish at about 60 fathoms or so (ll). |
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| | and. tobake. used mostly in the imp. : bake it. |
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| | :tide retreating very far. |
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| | mobilization ofcanoes to go to a feast or banquet, used mostly with the causative . to arrange to meet together.
.towait... towatch for person to be met. : to send... tolook for person. |
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| | . fire without flames as ex. charcoal, etc. : toheat on this fire, to put on this fire. :iron (S.). |
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| | name of human who became aspirit (myth), meaning rising, coming from afar, from Samoa. allusion to light, sun, east. |
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| | . to make oneselfimportant, to require pressing, to make people wait. |
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| | : victim of . : who loved the flowers. of the . : (is said of a stranger just arrived). |
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| | v.t.. : it takes away heart or will. |
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| | (k). Cephalopholis mineatus (hh). coraltrout (hh). |
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| | (k). Aprion virescens (hh). runner;streaker (This fish is blue-gray in color, with a torpedo shaped body and a well-forked tail; It does not live around rocks on the bottom as do othersnappers, but prefers the upper layers of the water; It now appears to be safe to eat on most islands) (hh). |
| | Aprion virescens (lutjanidae). snapper. |
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| | afish of preceding species. |
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| | afish of preceding species. |
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| | coarse food prepared from the stem of thepandanus fruit in times of scarcity. |
| | abird (Phoenix Is.).
.a kind offood taken from stalk ofpandanus (used only in time of famine). (S.). |
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| | . . perfectlystraight,stiff (said for persons and things),. . : to make stiff...taut. |
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| | (k). Chanos chanos (ll). full-grownmilkfish (ll,sm). |
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| | straight,slender,pointed. : a longrod, a tall straighttree without branches, higher than those around. person tall and thin. : highpalm. personproud,stand-offish. : to try in vain to behaughty, pass byproudly... : extremeend, point far away. : a littledistant,detached. solitary person, leftalone,abandoned, withoutcompany. |
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